Bill considers limits on facial recognition A U.S. Customs and Border Protection facial recognition device is ready to scan another passenger at a United Airlines gate, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. There’s a New Hampshire bill up for debate this year — HB 499 — to set limits on how this kind of technology can be used in the Granite State. David J. Phillip Published: 3/15/2021 4:59:53 PM It sounds like the plot of some futuristic sci-fi thriller: the government keeps a database of images of citizens’ faces, and that database can be used for surveillance of individuals. For better or worse, this is no longer science fiction. The same technology that allows you to open your phone simply by looking at it can be used by governments to track people as they go about their lives in public. There’s a New Hampshire bill up for debate this year — HB 499 — to set limits on how this kind of technology can be used in the Granite State.